On the trade routes which spanned Asia for over a thousand years, carrying Buddhism to China and paper-making and gunpowder westwards
BBC - A History of the World: The Silk Road and Beyond (AD 400-800)
Explores the world along and beyond the Silk Road in the 7th century AD at a time when the teachings of the prophet Muhammad were transforming the Middle East
Digital Library & Museum of Buddhist Studies
With links to bibliographies, dictionaries, scriptures, and other useful Buddhist resources
The World of Xuanzang and the Silk Road 玄奘西域
In Chinese; with video tour, civilization map, full-text searches, chronologies
Digital archives from the National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo
Links to databases of Buddhist caves, temples, Ruins, online tour, chronological maps, and more
H-Buddhism: An H-Net Discussion List
A medium for exchanging information for specialists in Buddhist Studies currently affiliated with academic institutions
With useful links posted by members on Buddhist studies
Internet Guide for Chinese Studies
The China WWW Virtual Library; not up to date
The Oxford Handbook of World Philosophy
Includes bibliographical references and index
A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization
Prepared by Patricia Buckley Ebrey; useful timeline and maps
Bibliography of Buddhism in Western Languages
A bibliography of bibliographies; covering 149 classic, standard works
By Marilyn Shea, University of Maine at Farmington
Includes general references and selected topics (including the Silk Road)
Compiled by Joseph A. Adler at Kenyon College for his class on the Silk Road
A public educational project sponsored primarily by the University of Washington's Simpson Center for the Humanities
Provides digital materials for learning and teaching about the Silk Road -- historical texts, historic sites, cultures, bibliographies, atlases, and art exhibits
Provides maps, article abstracts, photographs, time-lines and other resources and links to information on the Silk Road, Inner and Central Asia
The Silk Roads: An Education Resource, from Education About Asia
Many research recommendations by Morris Rossabi, on both general and specific eras, including many classic works on the silk roads
The Silk Roads: Early Globalization and Chinese Cultural Identities
Bibliograpy of relevant works by presenters at the East-West Center's 2010 NEH Summer Institute
